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Frank McConnell
Full Name: |
Francis
DeMay
McConnell |
Born: |
May 20, 1942 Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
Died: |
January 17, 1999 Santa Barbara, California, USA |
Occupation: |
Professor, Writer |
Nationality: |
American |
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Biography
Francis DeMay McConnell, known as Frank McConnell, (1942-1999) lived at Santa Barbara, California and was a professor of English at the University of California. He had been awarded his undergraduate degree at the University of Notre Dame and earned his doctorate at Yale. He had then taught at Cormell University and at Northwestern University. He was twice married, and had two children and a stepson.
He published many books on film and literary criticism, as well as the four detective novels described below, and numerous magazine articles. For years he was media correspondent for the lay Catholic journal, Commonweal. He served several times on the Pulitzer Prize fiction jury. He was known for his robustious wit, and was a highly ribald, entertaining and popular teacher.
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